HEALING HEART is a sanctuary for soul recovery and safe refuge for personal healing and awakening awareness. It's next to AWAKENING SPIRIT silent retreat center on a forest hilltop in Pine AZ east of Sedona.

​Retreats at Awakening Spirit are now also chances to look at YEAR-ROUND LIVING at Healing Heart sanctuary. HH Is now OPENING to like-hearted souls who want to live affordably in nature, to love and help others, and to be free and at ease.

Healing Heart is a small 'Silent Yoga' community that will grow when guests come for personal silent retreat and return to live. Silent Yoga is envisioned as a "stillness-in-motion" stretching into a freedom to be at ease and to love who we truly are.

Healing Heart retreat sanctuary offers security to support a gentle recovery from life's overwhelms, and the chance to discover the joy and freedom of being truly at ease. Come for a 4-week retreat ...and stay for a lifetime of pure grace.

On-site resident host, Bodhi Heart, follows the non-dual tradition of self-inquiry of Ramana Maharshi, His direct teachers were Robert Adams ("Silence of the Heart") and V Ganesan, lineage bearer and grand nephew of Ramana.

Average Cost: $ - $$Awakening Spirit silent retreat center is a separate directory listing and its website is awakeningspiritretreat.com.
Work Exchange:
Yes! Work exchanges are availabl--often with half of the suggested contributions paid in cash and half paid as a work exchange. Please contact bodhi heart for more info.

Travel Info: ON GPS: Enter Jan Trail, Pine, AZ with no street numbersFROM PHX AIRPORT: Less than 2 hours. Take 202E 10 miles to Payson exit, follow US 87 to Pine, take first left on Bradshaw Rd, go 9/10th mile, right on Jan Dr, go 3/4 mile, right on Jan Trail, gravel drive follow to end.FROM FLAGSTAFF: About 1.5 hours, From I-40 and I-17 cross, take Lake Mary Rd (aka Rd #3) to 87S thru Strawberry and Pine to last right on Bradshaw Rd. Then go 9/10th mile, right on Jan Dr, go 3/4 mile, right on Jan Trail, gravel drive follow to end.

Treasure
4/23/2015

Exactly What I Was Looking For !It's very hard to describe in words my experience at Awakening Spirit but I can say that the name of this retreat center says it all! I was looking for a place where I could spend time alone and this was the perfect spot. The grounds are beautiful and the cabins are very nice, clean and well-stocked with all that I required. The host, Bodhi Heart was a joy to have around yet was perfectly aware of my desire for silence. I plan to return over and over again!

Haley R
12/11/2014

The Perfect Deep Retreat SpaceI recently spent a month at Awakening Spirit to complete a traditional Buddhist solo retreat. This space is perfect to deepen and ascend in your spiritual practice.

The grounds allowed me to stay inwardly focused and to move and play. I stayed in Sky Dancer and have sweet night time memories of gazing at the wood fire stove and peeking out into star filled skies.

Awakening Spirit is a treasure- I couldn't recommend it higher, and I will return again and again.

Sarah H
6/30/2014

Peace and stillness permeates, and this is an ideal setting for quiet and meditation. Elk sometimes visit in large numbers. To watch such wild and wonderful creatures from your cabin is soul touching. Cabin windows brought the outside in, and sleeping was heavenly. I could see stars from bed, hear the Elk song, and night temperatures in June were low 50's.Bodhi Heart is as available or invisible as you need ...great in case of emergency, but many days I never saw him unless I sought him out.

Dawn D
1/31/2013

The simple yet cozy cabin cradled in a welcoming pine forest served as the perfect setting. I was able to transition from the hectic pace of everyday to a gentle pace of self-care and self-inquiry.Bodhi not only helped me clarify my intentions but also laid the spiritual groundwork for my personal retreat. What had started out to be a week of pure solitude ended up being a time when I wished for a gentle connectedness. I didn’t just stay at Spirit Skies; I brought it home with me.

Michael R
9/12/2012

I wanted to go very deep within myself and this place afforded me the space to do so exquisitely. The high desert Pine mountain location was as peaceful and inspiring as it gets. Spirit Skies comes with an un-advertised bonus--in the name of Bodhi Heart, the proprietor and very soul of this place. So if you are looking to get away and get in touch with the real you by yourself, or with the help of a master, Spirit Skies has it all.

Mountain Song
8/14/2012

Spirit Skies Retreat was a remarkable experience, both in terms of the peaceful yet lively landscape and in terms of the host, Bodhi Heart who is a gentle, thoughtful, intuitive and wise guide. Bodhi is available, if wished, as a spiritual sounding board and one I found particularly needed and appreciated on my journey inward. Not only was this retreat very affordable but it was well worth it on every level I can consider.

George M
7/5/2012

Of all the wonderful retreat places that I have visited, the private hermitage at Spirit Skies is my favorite. At this hilltop retreat, privacy and views are perfect for relaxing, meditating, and just being with nature. It is a magical oasis. The elk are almost a daily treat to see. And the stillness and sounds of nature are sublime. Bodhi Heart was available when I wanted help, and it all added up to making my retreat a real joy. My new retreat schedule is to go back twice a year.